In English, we will be beginning our work using the book ‘There’s a Girl in the Boy’s Bathroom,’ by Louis Sacar.
This book has as its main character Bradley, a ‘bad’ boy who is always in trouble. We get right into Bradley’s heart and mind in this narrative, offering children ways to discuss issues of friendship, bullying, and the links between self-esteem, behaviour and learning through the events in the story. The book supports the children’s learning when looking at the plot of the story, character development and their emotional response to strong themes in narrative fiction.
In Maths, Year 5 will be developing their understanding of formal written methods when multiplying and dividing. The children will be taught how to multiply numbers up to 4 digits by 1- digit and 2-digit numbers before learning how to divide a number up to 4 digits by a 1-digit number; dividing with remainders. The children will then apply this knowledge to solve multiplication and division problems.
We will then begin our 3rd Fraction unit. Building on our previous learning, children will be taught how to multiply unit fractions by an integer, multiply non-unit fractions by an integer, multiply mixed numbers by integers, find a fraction of an amount, find the whole and use fractions as operators.
In Science, the children will be investigating Separating Mixtures, children will use their knowledge of solids, liquid and gases to decide how mixtures might be separated, including through filtering, sieving and evaporating. The children will be able to recognise that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution, and describe how to recover a substance from a solution.
- Children will plan, carry out and use the results of an investigation on dissolving as evidence to support or refute predictions they have made.
- Working scientifically, they will develop using a range of presentation devices to present their findings and will be able to use a range of information to support or dispute their predictions.
- Plan, carry out and interpret investigations to develop their understanding of evaporation and filtering.
In RE, we will be learning about Judaism. Over the next two terms in this unit, children will be exploring the following questions:
- How and why do people have different beliefs about food? What do we know about the Jewish religion already?
- What are the important beliefs around Kashrut and how do they impact Jews lives?
- Do all Jews have the same beliefs and practices around kosher food?
- What are the modern-day considerations that Jews may think about when it comes to consuming food?
In Geography, we will be completing the topic ‘Investigating our World’. The children will learn about locating map features using a range of methods. They will learn about the Prime Meridian, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and worldwide time zones and study interconnected climate zones, vegetation belts and biomes. We will then develop our knowledge about human geography and capital cities worldwide before looking at the UK motorway network and settlements. We will complete out study by carrying out an enquiry to identify local settlement types.
In Computing, Year 5 will be using Scratch to create a music program. The children will have the opportunity to tinker before developing their knowledge to plan and create their own program for a musical soundtrack.
In DT, the children will be learning about ‘Moving Mechanisms’. Children will investigate different mechanical, pneumatic systems before designing and making a prototype for a pneumatic product.
In PSHE, we will be studying the unit ‘Healthy Me’. Over this unit of work, children will develop their understanding of knowing the health risks of smoking and will be able to explain how tobacco affects the lungs, liver and heart; the risks of misusing alcohol, including anti-social behaviour and how it affects the liver and heart; will learn and practice basic emergency first aid procedures (including the recovery position) and know how to get help in emergency situations; understand how the media, social media and celebrity culture promotes certain body types; will be able to describe the different attitudes people have to food and how these can be affected by external influences: will know what makes a healthy lifestyle including healthy eating and the choices to be healthy and happy.
In P.E, the children will be attending weekly swimming lessons. The skills we will be working towards are the following:
- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]
- perform safe self-rescue techniques such as, different floating techniques, treading water etc.
In their second PE lesson, the children will be learning about the sport of Fencing. They will learn about the rules of the game, specific movements and how to officiate the sport.